The research of the female dominated professions with the national qualifications in Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870776
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gender; Sociology of education
• Research Institution: St. Catherine University
• Principal Investigator: Nagao Yukiko 聖カタリナ大学, 人間健康福祉学部, 教授 (00570821)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 専門職 / ジェンダー / 進路選択 / キャリア / 複線型専門職

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This survey of the female dominated professions with the national qualifications was conducted mainly in EHIME prefecture, focusing on the males. The applicable male workers, for example a nurse, a nursery and a kindergarten teacher, are very few, but have increased at the ratio more than the females. But it is not clear what is needed in their career, how they make their career-path selections, and whether there are some differences between the both sexes. I carried out the questionnaire survey and the small size of the interview survey. During this planned period, I reported the sexual differences of the self-recognitions about their professionality at the conference. Because my research had delayed, the research works are not enough during the period. Nevertheless the importance of this theme is clear, and I have some plans to publish one academic essay and to make some presentations in this fiscal year.

Free Research Field

教育社会学